That's not to say that now is not a busy time for Gleeson and her fulltime staff and seasonal employees.

"For retail business, the fourth quarter’s probably the biggest for anybody," Gleeson said. "So yeah, the month of December gets really hectic and really crazy and we work seven days a week and overtime when we have to. From a retail standpoint, it’s the fourth quarter. From a company standpoint – it's all year round. It just waxes and wanes."

Bridal business, one of Lisa's specialties, typically picks up in January as plans get off the ground from Spring and Summer Weddings. If she had to pick a slow time to the year, it would perhaps be July or August, she said.

But then, corporate clients enlist Gleeson's help year round. The 100 or so active corporate customers add an additional business that ebbs and flows.

Gleeson launched Lisa's Gift Wrapping eight years ago. The former Chief Operating Officer of a large computer firm began the business in the basement of her suburban home, while also working shifts as a gift wrapper at places like Nordstrom's, honing her talent.

Soon she bought the property at 28834 Woodward Ave. in Royal Oak, at place which she sees as strategically located near Interstates 696 and 75. Though walk in business can be slow, she said that interested people do pass by on Woodward several times before finally stopping to check out her bright store. To help caotilzie on the flow of traffic outside, she also put a QR code on her window that is big enough to read from the other side of the eight lanes and median of Woodward Avenue.

Gleeson's first few years in business were a struggle and the recession didn't help. But now she feels as though she's built a successful business model, so much so that she has considered franchising.

"We’ve looked at a lot of different business models, and one of the ones asked the most is, 'Well would you franchise something like this?’ And yes, we’ve looked at that model, and we’re still looking at that model because it’s one of those things where it could work."

Gleeson noted that Paper Source, a gift-wrapping and stationary retail chain, started out with just three stores in the Chicago area, and grew the business to 20 stores, before its founder sold the business to a venture capital firm that grew the business to more than 50 stores in 19 states within two years.

Ironically, Gleeson is least likely to operate her business as a pop-up.

"We have looked at doing pop-up stores and have been approached by the malls," Gleeson said. "I don’t want to do it on a pushcart, and some of the recommendations are things like, I have to pay for signage from month to month that meets mall standard, and that's expensive. Then there's no guarantee that I get the same spot next year."

Right now, no matter what time of the year it is, Lisa's Gift Wrapper remains in the same spot.